•Pope Francis Catholic Bishops in Nigeria have expressed disagreement with the position of Pope Francis on the blessing of same-sex couples. The Pope’s stance could be translated as endorsement of same-sex marriage by the Church, reports Daily Trust. In a speech delivered by President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev...
Current operating aircraft of Nigerian carriers have dropped to 44 from about 107 a few years ago following the debilitating foreign exchange crisis, investigation has revealed. The current statistics show that 63 aircraft of the scheduled operators are either grounded in the country or are in the various maintenance organisations outside Nig...
2024 Valentine’s Day was cliché in so many ways, including the massive representation of the colour red in every item possible. From red velvet cakes to red macaroons, red-wrapped candy, red outfits, roses, cars and ribbons, reports Saturday Independent. The colour made a grand outing and lovers all around Nigeria loved it. But should red [&he...
Kenya Airways, the East African carrier, has unveiled plans to increase its weekly frequencies into Nigeria to a minimum of 15 weekly flights before the end of the year. The airline, which presently operates daily flights from its base in Nairobi to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, said that other frequencies may be [&...
French energy giant TotalEnergies is set to sell its onshore business in Nigeria, its CEO Patrick Pouyanne has said, noting that operation in the Niger Delta is a “real difficulty.” Another oil major Shell announced last month that it was selling its onshore property—the Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC)—after decades of operation in t...
•NLC The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have sent a notice of a 14-day national strike to the federal government. The unions said that the 16-point agreement that was reached on October 2, 2023, between them and the federal government, has not been implemented, reports The Nation. The […]
•The suspects Nine Nigerians who sneaked into a vessel to follow it to Spain have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy (NN). They were arrested by operatives of the NNS BEECROFT in Lagos after they were sighted clinging to the rudder of the vessel by naval operatives manning the maritime domain surveillance facility, Falcon Eye, […]
•Late Jimi Solanke A veteran actor, dramatist, folk singer, poet, and playwright, Jimi Solanke, is dead. He passed away at the age of 82. It was gathered that the iconic figure, known for his multifaceted talents, breathed his last this morning after a brief illness while en route to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, […...
•Duty exchange rate under Tinubu The adoption of the spot foreign exchange (FX) rate in computing duty on imported commodities has thrown importers and the entire business community into a panic mode. For the first time, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) raised the import duty exchange twice within 24 hours on Friday under the guise […]...
•Peter Obi Amid the ongoing debate on what should be the right minimum wage that will be commensurate with the prevailing harsh economic realities the Nigerian workers currently grapple with in the country, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023 election, Peter Obi, has relayed how the free fall of the naira has […]
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